Arlington Hotel (Echo, Oregon)

The Arlington Hotel also known as the Echo Tavern and the Echo Hotel, Restaurant and Lounge is a historic building in Echo, Oregon.

Arlington Hotel
The Arlington Hotel in 2010
Arlington Hotel
Location of building in Oregon
Arlington Hotel
Location of building in the United States
Location131 W. Main St.
Echo, Oregon
Coordinates45°44′33″N 119°11′43″W
Area0.2 acres (0.081 ha)
Builtc. 1882
Built byJ.H. Koontz
Architectural styleLate Victorian, Vernacular
MPSEcho and The Meadows MPS[1] 64500503
NRHP reference No.97000897
Added to NRHP28 August 1997[2]

Description and history

The ​2 1⁄2-story wood-frame building is of vernacular construction. The 28-by-66-foot (8.5 by 20.1 m) main mass of the building has a rectangular plan with a gable roof and simple details. There have been two additions to the structure one historic and another recent. It originally operated as saloon and hotel. Originally called the Louvre Saloon rooms included "sample rooms" for salesmen to display their goods. An undertaker used the top floor who left behind coffins that were found decades later. The hotel also operated under the name Arlington House.[3]

Built between 1882 and 1886 by James H. Koontz, founder of Echo, the Arlington Hotel is one of the oldest extant buildings in town and one of the few large historic wood frame buildings that remain in Umatilla County. The time of the construction coincides with the primary period of development for the Echo. Koontz moved there in 1880 and filed the first plat for Echo that year with W.D. Brassfield. In 1884 there were 15 businesses in town. Koontz, a merchant, had moved to the location anticipating the shift from river to rail transport.[3]

The property was added to the National Register of Historic Places on August 28, 1997.[3][4] In 2008 Echo Saloon LLC held a liquor license for the Echo Saloon.[5]

See also

References
  1. "National Register Information System – Echo and The Meadows MPS (#64500503)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2 November 2013.
  2. "National Register Information System – Arlington Hotel (#97000897)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2 November 2013.
  3. Donovan, Sally; Kada, Marianne (28 Aug 1997). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Arlington Hotel". National Register of Historic Places. Washington, D.C., USA: National Park Service. Retrieved 25 Feb 2020. With 6 photos by S. Donovan from 1996.
  4. Donovan, Sally; Kada, Marianne (28 Aug 1997). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Echo and The Meadows MPS". National Register of Historic Places. Washington, D.C., USA: National Park Service. Retrieved 25 Feb 2020.
  5. "Licensed Business as of 6/6/2008" (PDF). olcc.state.or.us. Oregon Liquor Control Commission. Retrieved 2 Mar 2020.
  • * "Echo". The Oregon Encyclopedia. Oregon Historical Society. - features a slide show of historic buildings in Echo
  • "History of Echo". City of Echo website. - contextual resources, a period map etc.
  • "Oregon Historical Society". - repository for information on this property used in the NRHP applications
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